Jr is a first generation bilingual Mestizo director, photographer and BIPOC activist. His work focuses on the intersectional relationship between nature and people with projects that empower communities to tell their own stories. His recent work includes Soñadora (Migrant Voices Today Film Challenge x San Diego Latino Film Festival), a film for immigrants, women, people of color, and all of those who fight to exist in spaces that were not made for them; Wading for Change (People’s Choice Houston Latino Film Festival), a documentary on BIPOC fly fishermen in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He is currently completing Across Together: The Return Film Expedition, a feature following a young cohort’s transformative journey to climb Citlaltépetl and discovering that the true summit lies in reclaiming their identities and reconnecting with their roots.

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ABOUT INTERNAL PEAKS

Follow Wyoming-based skiers Jr and Vanessa, whose love of the sport fuels their concerns for its culture and its future. As immigrants from Colombia, they fight to be included in a sporting community known for its exclusivity, while also confronting the urgent need for action and education around climate change.

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FILM

Internal Peaks

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

HOMEGROWN: Horizons

COHORT YEAR

2026

WEBSITE

colorverite.com/jrr

INSTAGRAM

@_juneair